People are always telling me that my work is too dark. So I've put up this sunnier story, but even it has a shadow, as its original publisher – a fine Atlantic Canadian literary magazine called the Gaspereau Review – is no longer in business. ---------------- It was a simple enough thing and that thing was simply this: Edmund Kelley was a gentleman. Of course his mom called him her 'little gentleman', as in 'Oh Edmund, you are my perfect little gentleman,' which did seem to hold to a certain logic that these type of things often follow, considering her affection for him and the fact that he was, after all, only ten years old. Still, Edmund himself was not particularly fond of the diminutive aspect of that title. Gentleman was enough; gentleman summed up the whole thing rather nicely, thank you. He was definitely a more refined version of your average child. He lived in a state of perpetual Sunday m
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Wow ! Look at those eyes ! You should hang on to this one.
ReplyDeletei totally know. that is what i am doing this weekend. the annual er or biannual purge. i do think you should hang onto that photo id. you look like one of the members of those highly-successful-but-one-hit-wonder brit boy bands of the 80s!
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Hot stuff!
ReplyDeleteI have a whole shoebox full of college IDs - somethings have to be kept for the next generation!
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is it reminds me of a guy I used to know (not the same guy you referred to though!)
Hehe! fabulous! You should totally keep this! I found a very old passport of mine(I was looking to see if I had a passport to heaven like you, but I don't-boo!). The photo kind of freaks me out-I have no idea who that girl is! Maybe I will post it for you-it is scary!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous compliments to yourself? I think you got enough lady-blogger fans to do that for you.
ReplyDeleteYou kinda look like you were a creepy dude. Bet you were.
J -- what do you mean were?
ReplyDeleteI was the anonymous commenter! Thought it might give the hubby a thrill. Yes, he does look a little creepy, but he isn't (anymore).
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